Gibbs-O'Neill praises effort as Hawks down Oberon in 'disgusting' conditions

By
MATT FINDLAY

June 30, 2014, 4 a.m.

Orange Hawks continued on its winning ways in Oberon with a gritty 16-8 win

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Arty Shead starred for Hawks in their win over Oberon yesterday. It was also the first time he has played alongside his son Kian, who was a late inclusion. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0622sgleague16

ORANGE Hawks continued its winning ways on Sunday in Oberon with a gritty 16-8 Group 10 premier league win over the Tigers.

Despite an 11th hour reshuffle, the two blues secured their fifth consecutive victory, having lost Deryne McKenzie and Max Wolfson when they were stood down as part of the CRL’s investigation into last Thursday’s Astley Cup rugby league brawl.

Gibbs-O’Neill called the clash “a classic wet weather game”, and said despite a comedy of errors his team’s performance was impressive.

“It was all through the middle,” he said.

“It was all about the forwards and even though ours were much smaller they got the job done. The boys played out of their skin, and it was great to see big Arty (Shead) get to play his first game with his son too.

“We had to reshuffle pretty late, but that’s part of footy. Hopefully the boys aren’t kept out for too long.”